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Content creation for today’s athletes is what owning a bar was years ago. An investment platform, hopefully managed by people who know what they are doing, which can yield a return and build a portfolio beyond the field. Colleague Tom Hoffarth had a recent piece in the Sports Business Journal detailing the vast efforts that …
The social space has never been more important for every aspect of sports business, especially if you are a team, a league or a brand and crave that efficient and authentic direct to consumer engagement. It can be fickle, elusive, sometimes frustrating and difficult to measure and quantify, but it is the way to stay …
This came from two of the smartest people I know, my now five year old (almost six now) nieces Brigid and Caroline. It was a few years ago and they were being asked some question about something that kids should or shouldn’t know about; the color of the sky, naming a planet, how crayons are …
We have said for some time that one of the best aspects of making sure when is always trying to advance is just simply showing up; if you don’t show up, and stick to the phone, the desk and the same circle of colleagues you miss out on a lot. Last month we made the …
I’m going to do something I rarely do…repeat myself, albeit with a little update… Below is the piece I did last year this week, 10 years into this consulting business I have been doing. The good news is I’m still going and am more excited and energized about what is ahead at 55 than I …
It’s down to seven. The amount of NFL teams that will hit the road for training camp as the NFL’s Centennial season gets rolling. This year the Houston Texans will stay home after a few seasons travelling to The Greenbriar in West Virginia, and the Minnesota Vikings will be spending their second year at the …
So what do you do exactly? In a world where consulting and multitasking is becoming more and more the norm as businesses struggle to find ROI and keep up with changing demands, that question for anyone in the workforce has become more and more fluid, and is even more important when you think of how …
It was an interesting juxtaposition; on Thursday the New York Times ran a piece talking about the value and growth of Formula E, while on Saturday the paper ran a story about the growing issues with Formula 1. One a disruptive brand, the other a long established business with growing pains adopting to a new …
There has been a huge spike in the use of 50/50 raffles to draw both interest and philanthropy dollars in stadia and arenas across the country. What was once a sleepy, clunky, raffle ticket based fundraising tool that was only successful as the hawkers pushing tickets has grown into a must do for many, be …
We reach mid-July and the lull comes up again; the quietest two days in terms of games in North America. The two days (used to be one) after the MLB All-Star Game are the days with almost no professional game in North America…there is Wimbledon, a smattering of WNBA and NBA Summer League, a little …